"Fighting Sioux" nickname may [not] [may too] stick at N Dakota

[billhoward]

You have to license a stylized N and D? Can we show we had the first Big Red nickname and make money? Next: The Ohio State University issues a cease and desist to colleges calling themselves, say, the The Baylor University?

Better: Harvard files look-and-feel lawsuits to colleges offering easy courses that inflate the overall GPA. That might be a winnable case. Where will the defendant find prior art?

[billhoward]

I pleased this post has legs. But it'll never be a Harvard Sucks. For longevity and popularity, that's going to stand for longer than Babe Ruth's home run record.

[CUontheslopes]

This logo looks like Notre Dame and San Diego State's logos had a love child.

SDSU Logo:

http://content.sportslogos.net/logos/34/826/full/pep2fucfegmv5ngort1u.gif

[ugarte]

This logo looks like Notre Dame and San Diego State's logos had a love child.

SDSU Logo:

http://content.sportslogos.net/logos/34/826/full/pep2fucfegmv5ngort1u.gif

I wonder how much longer that will last. How does "Aztecs" make the cut while "Sioux" does not?

[Trotsky]

This logo looks like Notre Dame and San Diego State's logos had a love child.

SDSU Logo:

http://content.sportslogos.net/logos/34/826/full/pep2fucfegmv5ngort1u.gif

I wonder how much longer that will last. How does "Aztecs" make the cut while "Sioux" does not?

There are no Aztecs to sue them.

[ugarte]

This logo looks like Notre Dame and San Diego State's logos had a love child.

SDSU Logo:

http://content.sportslogos.net/logos/34/826/full/pep2fucfegmv5ngort1u.gif

I wonder how much longer that will last. How does "Aztecs" make the cut while "Sioux" does not?

There are no Aztecs to sue them.

Oh yeah? Just wait until someone in Mexico City wants to build a casino.

[billhoward]

Is that an arrow or a rocket propelled grenade at the tip of the logo?

[Jim Hyla]

So "The World Turns" again. As reported by USCHO they are reverting to the Fighting Sioux nickname.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Somehow appropriate that the head of the Board of Higher Education is named Grant SHAFT.  'Cause that's what he's doing.

Then again, "Who is the man who won't risk his neck for his fellow man?"  Shaft.  Grant Shaft.

[Josh '99]

So "The World Turns" again. As reported by USCHO they are reverting to the Fighting Sioux nickname.

I kind of wish they'd just make a decision and stick with it already.

[ugarte]

So "The World Turns" again. As reported by USCHO they are reverting to the Fighting Sioux nickname.

I kind of wish they'd just make a decision and stick with it already.

From reading the article, I don't think NoDak had a choice. The submission of a petition with sufficient (valid) signatures appears to have compelled the decision. Probably some form of state referendum procedure.

[RichH]

So "The World Turns" again. As reported by USCHO they are reverting to the Fighting Sioux nickname.

I kind of wish they'd just make a decision and stick with it already.

From reading the article, I don't think NoDak had a choice. The submission of a petition with sufficient (valid) signatures appears to have compelled the decision. Probably some form of state referendum procedure.

In the most only useful Hockey-L post in a decade, from "not that" John Edwards:

Enough signatures were collected to send November's law (the repeal) to a
referendum. Those petitions were filed on Tuesday, which apparently
suspends the law in question - an amusing fact since they don't even know
yet if there are actually enough valid signatures to put it on the
ballot. Assuming enough are legal, the issue goes to a statewide vote in
June. (Your tax dollars at work!) It's an open question as to how many
signatures came from NDSU fans who just want to be able to yell "Sioux
Suck" whenever they feel like it, whether they are actually playing UND or
not.

Meanwhile, the State Board of Higher Education is now considering trying to
have the April 2011 law overturned on constitutional grounds - something
that might have been worth doing back in - oh, I don't know, maybe - April
2011. If that happens, the June vote would be moot, since it would be a
vote to overturn a law that repeals a non-existent law. It would be the
Seinfeld of referenda.

[Chris '03]

In the most only useful Hockey-L post in a decade, from "not that" John Edwards:

Don't knock hockey-l. I need my UMass-Dartmouth box scores!

[Trotsky]

If I posted to hockey-l I wonder if it would set a record for longest duration between two posts on a listserv.  It is probably about 16 years.

[KeithK]

At first blush I can't imagine what constitutional grounds there would be to invalidate a law of this type.  but then I imagine it's based on the North Dakota constitution and state constitutions have a bunch of seemingly bizarre provisions.  maybe something about authority over these issues being granted to the Board?